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Codex Committee on Processed Fruit and Vegetables
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CX-713
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Next Session
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25th Session - October 2010 (Bali, Indonesia)
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Legal Framework
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Origin
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Host Government: United States of America.
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Rules of Procedure
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Rule IX-1 (b) (1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
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Category
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Cat. 1
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Purpose
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To elaborate world wide standards for all types of processed fruits and vegetables including dried products, canned dried peas and beans, jams and jellies, but not dried prunes, or fruit and vegetable juices. The Commission has also allocated to this Committee the work of revision of standards for quick frozen fruits and vegetables.
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Membership
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Open to all Members of the Commission.
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Languages
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English, French and Spanish
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Document symbol
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CX/PFV
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Frequency of Sessions
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Approximately every two years.
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Previous Sessions and documents
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24th Session - September 2008 (Arlington, VA, United States of America)
23rd Session - October 2006 (Arlington, VA, United States of America)
22nd Session - September 2004 (Washington, D.C., United States of America)
View Reports of the Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables
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Division
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Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division (AGN)
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Contact information/email
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Codex@fao.org
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Web site
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CODEX Alimentarius
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First Session
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May 1964
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Pattern of sessions
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1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2012
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Remarks
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Committee adjourned sine die in 1987. Reactivated in 1998.
Subsidiary Body of the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission
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